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Around the Boards: Tues. Oct. 20th

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 20th, 2009

  • Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Contract negotiations between Don Waddell and Ilya Kovalchuk’s agent are ongoing, with more talk scheduled in the next few weeks. Getting Kovalchuk re-signed is a must for the Thrashers. This franchise is struggling, and losing one of the most dynamic players in the league could cripple them.
  • Terry Frei of the Denver Post: Colorado Avalanche 2009 draft picks Matt Duchene and Ryan O’Reilly will most likely be staying with team for the remainder of the season, as the team decided that both will play in their 10th game of the season on Friday. It is not very often that a team keeps 2 18 year old players. Duchene drafted 3rd overall in 2009, O’Reilly was selected 33rd.
  • Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The big line in Detroit is back together, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, and Tomas Holmstrom.
  • Helene Elliot of the LA Times: Tired of Alexander Frolov sub-par effort, coach Terry Murray made him a healthy scratch Monday night. GM Dean Lombardi agreed with Murray “”It’s not a player making a physical mistake. It borders on not caring and that’s not tolerable,” Lombardi said by phone Monday.” Subject to many rumors over the last couple years, it looks like Frolov could be on his way out of La-La Land. He’s a UFA at the end of the season, but I’d be shocked if he wasn’t dealt before then.
  • Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: Jonas Gustavsson was back on skates yesterday, and there is a chance he’ll be ready by next week, possibly for Monday’s game against the Ducks. Joey McDonald is schedule to start on Saturday.
  • Chris Johnston and Bill Beacon, Canadian Press for CTVOlympics.ca: Captain Canada, Ryan Smyth`s hot start in LA, has him heading the list the `bubble`players for the 2010 Canadian Olympic team. Smyth has been a staple on any Canadian Olympic or World Championship team, answering the bell when ever called, but this might have been the year where some of the younger stars emerged, but it looks like that may not be the case if he keeps his play up.

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Lots of Injury News

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on October 15th, 2009

  • The mysterious ‘upper body injury’ took a turn for the good for once, Tomas Vanek, who originally was out for ‘weeks’, might be ready to this weekend. Sabres fans and fantasy owners take breath a sigh of relief. If he’s not ready to go Adam Mair or Daniel Paille may take his spot on the 1st line.
  • Colorado Avalanche defenceman John-Michael Liles left Tuesday nights game against the Leafs, and will be out of the lineup for about 2 weeks with a bruised shoulder. It was originally thought that he might have separated his shoulder, which would have meant he’d be out a lot longer.
  • Columbus Blue Jackets Dman, Jan Hejda could be out 2-4 weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament. This shouldn’t have much fantasy impact.
  • Some not so surprising news, Martin Havlat could be out with a groin injury.
  • The Red Wings may be without Pavel Datsyuk. He’s day to day with an upper body injury. “An MRI on Wednesday showed “nothing significant,” general manager Ken Holland said.”
  • What is with all the injuries this season. It seems like every day there is something to report, and it’s happening to some pretty big names.

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TSN vs GlobeSports Projected Scoring Leaders

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on September 27th, 2009

In keeping with the projected scoring leaders for this season, we compared TSN’s Scott Cullen’s Top 40 projections with GlobeSports.com’s Eric Duhatschek’s. 31 players appear on both lists.

Players who only appear on 1 list as top 40 potential scorers: Ales Hemsky, Alex Tanguay, Alexander Frolov, Alexander Semin, Anze Kopitar, Brenden Morrow, Daniel Briere ,Jean-Pierre Dumont, Marian Gaborik, Mike Cammalleri, Patrick Kane, Patrick Marleau, Patrik Elias, Paul Stastny, Scott Gomez, Shane Doan, Steven Stamkos , Thomas Vanek

RANK TSN - Scott Cullen GlobeSports - Eric Duhatschek
1 Alexander Ovechkin Evgeni Malkin
2 Evgeni Malkin Alexander Ovechkin
3 Sidney Crosby Sidney Crosby
4 Pavel Datsyuk Joe Thornton
5 Nicklas Backstrom Dany Heatley
6 Joe Thornton Ryan Getzlaf
7 Ryan Getzlaf Ilya Kovalchuk
8 Dany Heatley Pavel Datsyuk
9 Ilya Kovalchuk Marc Savard
10 Marc Savard Jarome Iginla
11 Jarome Iginla Alexander Semin
12 Jason Spezza Nicklas Backstrom
13 Rick Nash Jason Spezza
14 Zach Parise Henrik Sedin
15 Henrik Zetterberg Daniel Sedin
16 Henrik Sedin Vincent Lecavalier
17 Martin St. Louis Henrik Zetterberg
18 Daniel Sedin Zach Parise
19 Mike Richards Jeff Carter
20 Daniel Alfredsson Rick Nash
21 Jeff Carter Corey Perry
22 Eric Staal Martin St. Louis
23 Jonathan Toews Eric Staal
24 Derek Roy Paul Stastny
25 Vincent Lecavalier Mike Richards
26 Anze Kopitar Marian Gaborik
27 Bobby Ryan Scott Gomez
28 Mike Ribeiro Jonathan Toews
29 Patrick Kane Daniel Alfredsson
30 Corey Perry Steven Stamkos
31 Olli Jokinen Martin Havlat
32 Shane Doan Bobby Ryan
33 Simon Gagne Patrick Marleau
34 Patrik Elias Ales Hemsky
35 Martin Havlat Brenden Morrow
36 Jean-Pierre Dumont Olli Jokinen
37 Alex Tanguay Simon Gagne
38 Thomas Vanek Mike Ribeiro
39 Alexander Frolov Daniel Briere
40 Mike Cammalleri Derek Roy

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TSN Releases Projected Scoring Leaders

Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on September 26th, 2009

Scott Cullen of TSN has put out a Top 250 projected scoring for the upcoming season. We’ve posted below the Top 40.  He has only Alex Ovechkin as the only 50 goal scorer, and only 3 players (Ovechkin, Malkin, and Crosby) scoring over a 100 points. Only 13 players are projected to point a game or better.


RANK PLAYER TEAM POS G A PTS +/- PPP PIM
1 Alexander Ovechkin WAS LW 55 54 109 5 43 54
2 Evgeni Malkin PIT C 41 67 108 12 40 76
3 Sidney Crosby PIT C 33 68 101 10 43 71
4 Pavel Datsyuk DET C 30 65 95 27 36 20
5 Nicklas Backstrom WAS C 23 71 94 14 39 44
6 Joe Thornton SJ C 25 65 90 19 39 53
7 Ryan Getzlaf ANA C 28 60 88 17 40 99
8 Dany Heatley SJ LW 47 41 88 10 31 82
9 Ilya Kovalchuk ATL LW 47 41 88 -8 38 58
10 Marc Savard BOS C 22 66 88 7 34 72
11 Jarome Iginla CAL RW 40 46 86 7 32 62
12 Jason Spezza OTT C 33 50 83 7 32 63
13 Rick Nash CBJ RW 42 40 82 7 23 79
14 Zach Parise NJ LW 36 44 80 13 25 26
15 Henrik Zetterberg DET C 36 44 80 18 30 34
16 Henrik Sedin VAN C 19 61 80 15 31 56
17 Martin St. Louis TB RW 32 48 80 -4 27 24
18 Daniel Sedin VAN LW 30 49 79 14 30 40
19 Mike Richards PHI C 29 48 77 16 32 69
20 Daniel Alfredsson OTT RW 28 48 76 10 29 30
21 Jeff Carter PHI C 40 36 76 12 22 70
22 Eric Staal CAR C 37 38 75 6 26 54
23 Jonathan Toews CHI C 36 39 75 14 26 57
24 Derek Roy BUF C 30 44 74 2 26 42
25 Vincent Lecavalier TB C 32 41 73 -11 25 64
26 Anze Kopitar LA C 29 44 73 -11 26 30
27 Bobby Ryan ANA LW 34 39 73 15 28 46
28 Mike Ribeiro DAL C 22 51 73 3 26 44
29 Patrick Kane CHI RW 23 48 71 -3 32 47
30 Corey Perry ANA RW 33 38 71 12 25 106
31 Olli Jokinen CAL C 32 39 71 -1 29 74
32 Shane Doan PHO LW 27 43 70 1 24 65
33 Simon Gagne PHI LW 33 36 69 20 23 36
34 Patrik Elias NJ LW 25 43 68 9 27 34
35 Martin Havlat MIN RW 28 40 68 12 17 34
36 Jean-Pierre Dumont NAS RW 22 46 68 3 19 26
37 Alex Tanguay TB LW 22 46 68 7 21 42
38 Thomas Vanek BUF LW 39 28 67 3 25 52
39 Alexander Frolov LA LW 30 37 67 -4 24 28
40 Mike Cammalleri MON RW 30 37 67 -4 28 48

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NHL Awards

Posted by Derek in NHL News on June 19th, 2009

All the news from the NHL awards

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